Redavant Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I'm thinking of upgrading my graphics card and need some help. Currently got a nvidia FX 5500 AGP and its poor on the like of Ghost recon, shows no buildings etc. What do I need to look for when upgrading? I saw this on the bay... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...%2509%26fvi%3D1 Is that any good? I don't want to spend a fortune as I'm not a heavy gamer, just like to play every now and again. It's a minefield out there and I haven't got a clue! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biffa Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 That card will give you about a 40-50% boost over the FX5500 depending on what resolution you run your games at. That being said its still not going to be fantastic at any modern game these days. And you will have to switch from NVidia drivers to ATI drivers which can be a bit of fun sometimes. (hint completely remove the old drivers before removing the old card) The next step up in that price range is the X1300 at £50+ but still not fantastic. The cheapest you will get with a Nvidia AGP card is a 7600GS at around £100 give or take but that will give you a big boost in games. And it goes upwards from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I hope you don't take this reply as a shameless plug look at this link: different radeon card roundup and you see the 9550 is not as powerful as the 9500pro [indeed the 9500pro is basically a slightly crippled 9700 and thus better than the 9600 even as it has 8 pipelines vs 4 for the other cards [9600/9550]- plenty of benchmarks around to show this]. Hence if are interested get the 9500pro over the 9550. AS it happens I am selling one but you would have to get a move on: 9500pro waylander sale I will offer you 10% discount as a fellow TSN-er if interested...[or maybe £30 all in] Editted AS the original post seemed to have gotten a little mixed together and nonsensical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 shameless plug #2: didn't sell 1st time round so PM me if interedted and maybe we can work something out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eolair Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I was in a similar position a few weeks ago. Basically the min spec card to run a modern game at a decent rate with good eye candy is something like a X1600. Bit of a dodgy time with games though, as DirectX10 is just around the corner and no-ones 100% yet on what cards will be good with it. Expect many (most?) games in 07 to be DX10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 True. It would be foolish to buy a top-spec DX-9 GFx card now when DX10-capable cards are slowly being released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 incidently Red, someone is also advertising a 600GT in the marketplace. Much better than the 95xx series - see it is all about the advice and not salesmanship but for anyone else - the 9500pro IS Vista Aero-Glass compliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biffa Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Just make sure its AGP, seeing as thats what you want. Remember guys his budget seems fairly tight so no need to go all DX10 postal on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redavant Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Thanks for all the advice guys, I've PM'ed the guy selling the 6600gt. See how it goes when he gets back to me. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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